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CERTIFICATION OF
SANFORD C. BERNSTEIN FUND, INC.
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SANFORD C. BERNSTEIN FUND, INC. (the "Registrant") does hereby certify
as follows:
1. This Certification is made pursuant to Rule 497(j) of the Securities
Act of 1933.
2. Reference is made to the Fixed-Income Institutional Services
Prospectus, International Institutional Services Prospectus, Regular
Prospectus and Statement of Additional Information, each dated February
1, 1999 filed by the Registrant pursuant to Post-Effective Amendment
No. 19 filed January 22, 1999 (the "Post-Effective Amendment") with the
Securities and Exchange Commission (File Nos. 33-21844; 811-5555).
3. The Post-Effective Amendment is the most recent post-effective
amendment filed by the Registrant.
4. The form of Fixed-Income Institutional Services Prospectus,
International Institutional Services Prospectus, Regular Prospectus and
Statement of Additional information that would have been filed under
Rule 497(c) of the Securities Act of 1933 would not have differed from
that contained in the Post-Effective Amendment.
5. The text of the Post-Effective Amendment has been filed electronically.
SANFORD C. BERNSTEIN FUND, INC.
BY: /s/ Jean Margo Reid, Secretary
Dated: February 1, 1999
